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GED writing practice: capital letters in a letter

Question 16 of 36Capital letters

This draft has parts that need fixing. Go to each menu that says Select... and choose the option that is correct in formal standard English.

Letter: Help us fix up the playground

Dear neighbors,

The playground at the end of our block has seen better days. The swings squeak, weeds have grown up around the benches, and the sandbox is full of old leaves. Many of our children play there every afternoon, and they deserve a safe, clean place to do it. The block association would like to fix up the playground, and we need your help.

Please join us on . We will work from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Volunteers will pull weeds, rake leaves, paint the benches and fill the sandbox with clean sand. The city parks office has agreed to lend us rakes, shovels and work gloves. Please wear old clothes and sturdy shoes, because the work can get messy.

Children are welcome to help, as long as an adult comes with them. We will have water, lemonade and sandwiches for everyone who pitches in.

If it rains, we will meet on the following Saturday instead.

Thank you, and we hope to see you there.

Sincerely,
Taylor
Secretary of the block association

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How to approach this kind of question

Capitalization questions ask which words need capital letters. Look at each word in the choices that begins with a capital or could begin with one. Names of particular people, places, streets, days, months and holidays are proper nouns and take capitals. General words for a kind of person, place or thing are common nouns and stay lower case unless they start a sentence.

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